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Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Tashmere Send a noteboard - 18/06/2010 11:16:17 PM
Mainly antique books that have no blurb on the cover. If I want to analyze that I could guess that I was sold also on the wear and tear on the book. Sometimes those books that look like they have been read over and over again have been so for good reason.
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Titles or covers? Camilla - 18/06/2010 02:15:56 PM 968 Views
Title I guess random thoughts - 18/06/2010 02:29:14 PM 725 Views
More the cover. nossy - 18/06/2010 03:07:29 PM 725 Views
Probably title Myrdhyn - 18/06/2010 03:15:11 PM 660 Views
Nope Jacob - 18/06/2010 03:29:54 PM 738 Views
Re: Nope Camilla - 18/06/2010 03:45:55 PM 671 Views
Jacob - 18/06/2010 06:25:58 PM 698 Views
Re: Camilla - 18/06/2010 06:27:17 PM 659 Views
Indeed... Jacob - 18/06/2010 07:01:38 PM 748 Views
Re: Indeed... Camilla - 18/06/2010 07:05:01 PM 738 Views
Title if I had to choose, but unlikely I'd get an unheard-of book without a blurb. *NM* Legolas - 18/06/2010 04:17:23 PM 316 Views
Why don't you people want to play? Camilla - 18/06/2010 04:19:21 PM 719 Views
Okay, so the Martians come down and make you pick between McDonald's and Burger King. Tom - 18/06/2010 04:53:26 PM 669 Views
That is not a fair comparison Camilla - 18/06/2010 04:54:33 PM 656 Views
Yes it is. And you didn't answer my question. Why won't you just play the game? Tom - 18/06/2010 10:57:24 PM 711 Views
Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:00:41 PM 734 Views
Stop spelling it wrong! Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:15:29 PM 723 Views
I'm sorry. I don't often have reason to spell it. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:16:42 PM 670 Views
Re: I'm sorry. I don't often have reason to spell it. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:20:31 PM 731 Views
Well, in that case - titles. *NM* Tom - 20/06/2010 02:07:19 PM 311 Views
really you just never pick up a book ans say "what the hell I will read this one" random thoughts - 18/06/2010 05:49:05 PM 771 Views
Very rarely, and only in the library if that. Legolas - 18/06/2010 05:54:48 PM 689 Views
I found one of my favorite writers that way random thoughts - 18/06/2010 06:12:00 PM 727 Views
I agree. That was how I got hooked on fantasy. Sort of. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:21:41 PM 695 Views
Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:16:17 PM 658 Views
Re: Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:17:52 PM 695 Views
No they don't. I have lost on several gambles. But I have had enough success that I keep trying. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:24:09 PM 689 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:25:10 PM 300 Views
The Aardvark is Ready for War. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:25:59 PM 738 Views
Re: The Aardvark is Ready for War. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:28:55 PM 685 Views
Re: The Aardvark is Ready for War. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:53:57 PM 681 Views
Neither. I own too many books. Tom - 18/06/2010 04:52:30 PM 688 Views
I would cheat. callandor1000 - 18/06/2010 05:37:29 PM 743 Views
Huh. I suppose, since I have to choose, I'd go for cover. At least it would look pretty. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 05:56:43 PM 673 Views
I was noticing when I went to the public book sale that I am a title person. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 07:56:13 PM 659 Views
But I buy Playboy for the articles! *NM* Larry - 18/06/2010 08:02:52 PM 331 Views
Hmm, that's a toughy. It's really a toss of the dice; could go either way. I'd go with cover... lord-of-shadow - 18/06/2010 08:08:00 PM 749 Views
Neither would be the determinant factor for me... DomA - 18/06/2010 08:20:37 PM 784 Views
Now that's a reply Camilla - 18/06/2010 08:27:34 PM 819 Views
Re: Now that's a reply DomA - 18/06/2010 09:06:10 PM 765 Views
Re: Now that's a reply Camilla - 18/06/2010 09:12:19 PM 778 Views
Re: Now that's a reply DomA - 21/06/2010 05:00:07 PM 701 Views
Why? *NM* Jacob - 21/06/2010 05:19:20 PM 338 Views
Because Camilla - 21/06/2010 05:20:26 PM 703 Views
Author of a vastly Jacob - 21/06/2010 07:27:35 PM 711 Views
Re: Author of a vastly Camilla - 21/06/2010 07:28:20 PM 769 Views
Re: Author of a vastly DomA - 21/06/2010 11:55:15 PM 805 Views
Re: Author of a vastly Camilla - 22/06/2010 12:15:06 AM 797 Views
With nothing else to go on I'd say Title. *NM* j-whitt987 - 18/06/2010 10:27:24 PM 288 Views
Cover aria - 19/06/2010 12:30:44 AM 739 Views
Covers are there to stop you from buying books, if they are ugly. jh - 19/06/2010 05:34:22 AM 741 Views
Cover, I suppose. That's what grabbed me for Hyperion and Otherland. *NM* Craig - 19/06/2010 08:50:38 PM 483 Views
Fantasy books have notoriously bad covers. ajah - 20/06/2010 07:51:31 AM 672 Views
What about opening sentence or paragraph? Why isn't that an option? *NM* Tim - 20/06/2010 01:50:59 PM 302 Views
Because it is my survey Camilla - 20/06/2010 01:52:39 PM 697 Views
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